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Comparison of the quality of chest compressions on a dressed versus an undressed manikin: A controlled, randomised, cross-over simulation study

BACKGROUND: Undressing the chest of a cardiac arrest victim may delay the initiation of chest compressions. Furthermore, expecting laypeople to undress the chest may increase bystander reluctance to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Both of these factors might conceivably decrease surviva...

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Autores principales: Mortensen, Rasmus B, Høyer, Christian B, Pedersen, Mathias K, Brindley, Peter G, Nielsen, Jens C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2859387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20346113
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-7241-18-16